Maybe you could explain the definition of an island in a caveat because I was also (a couple years ago) confused why Australia wasn't considered an island and had to Google it. It might also avoid all this annoying debate!
Instead of being patronising, maybe accept that all definitions of islands and continents are flawed and a certain amount of subjective choice has to be made.
The definition chosen by KoljiVriVoda or Jetpunk is "land surrounded by water that is smaller than Australia" - obviously not a perfect definition but as good as it can get for a site like this.
It's also not the UK without all the smaller islands that constitute the United Kingdom - the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Inner and Outer Hebrides, Anglesey etc. etc.
Uk stands for united kingdom, (maybe the abbreviation is used so often people forget what it stands for?). As the name sort of suggest it is not the name of an island. It is a kingdom united.
Hey just to complicate matter further. The North and South islands of New Zealand are now considered by many Geologists as the peaks of the continent of Zealandia. Most of this continent is submerged under the Pacific.
No islands are 'floating', they are all attached to something so if all the seas dried up there would be no islands, just lots of little mountains popping up across the plains.
Please make it so the UK works for Britain, and, whilst this is debateable, could you make it so that Greenland could also be Denmark. I suppose it would make the Canadian islands also able to answer correctly for Canada, but perhaps you could do some research and consider it?
Wanted to ask why nova zembla/novaya zemlya isnt on here since with 91.000km² it is significantly bigger than tasmania with 67.000km² but apparently a canal runs through it, leaving the biggest part with 49.000km²
Nice quiz! I got all but Banks Island. I am a child prodigy of age eight with an IQ of 168. I intend to study medicine and letters at the world's finest universities.
No doubt. You'll find that around the world, conventions differ about unimportant higher-level geographical taxonomies like the definition and list of continent, island, peninsula, mountain, etc.
For example, the most common convention in English is that North and South America are different continents, but this isn't universal and it's less common in other languages (where it's often considered a single continent).
It's not that important which convention (among common ones) Jetpunk chooses, but since it would be tremendously annoying to have to guess separately for every quiz, it is important that it's consistent.
For many, if Australia is a continent (or the primary continental landmass of Oceania) and an island, it doesn't make sense that Antarctica, Eurasia (or Afro-eurasia), or America aren't also islands; and the term island ceases to have its common meaning, or is arbitrarily defined. It doesn't make it "right," but it's not wrong, either.
However, if anyone wants to adopt my classification, that would be swell:
There are five continents: Africa, Antarctica, Eurasia (a megacontinent), North America and South America. Eurasia sports two subcontinental peninsulas: South Asia and Europe. Australia is a dwarf continent; and also the primary landmass of the continentoidal region of Oceania.
So, I would advocate that Australia is neither a continent nor an island. Geographical neither fish nor fowl, it doesn't matter one whit what category you put it in.
New Zealands North and South Islands do have names! They're not just called North and South?! The north is called Te Ika a Maui and the south is Te Wai Pounamu.
I have a friend from New Zealand who refers to the islands as 'the North Island' and 'the South Island'. I think both English and Maori versions are acceptable.
This is a quiz in English so the common English name is what should be accepted. If only the Maori names are accepted then all of the islands would need to be accepted only in their own language.
Even if Irish reunification goes ahead, "UK/United Kingdom" still wouldn't be a correct answer since the island you're thinking of is indeed "Great Britain"
i think there's something up with the map - when i hover over sakhalin after completing the quiz its name doesn't show up at the bottom apart from a small section in the south. not a massive issue but maybe worth looking at in case some of the other borders are out of sync.
also shouldn't the title be world's largest islands rather than largest world's islands? don't quite understand what the current one means
ellesmere island isnt as big as its shown on this map, its split in 2. the bottom bit is a different island, devon island. its bigger than some of the others on this quiz but this has combined it with another one.
The projection jetpunk uses really messes up Ellesmere Island, Greenland, and Devon Island. Devon is supposed to be south of ellesmere, ellesmere is supposed to be northwest of Greenland. Ellesmere is also supposed to be completely north of Baffin.
Actually I looked closer and the map is just cut off and Ellesmere Island is on a little side map circle thing. Part of the circle is Greenland so that should turn green too when you guess Greenland.
Kalimantan should not be an acceptable answer for Borneo. All Kalimantan refers to is the southern portion of the island. It's akin to allowing England as an acceptable answer for Great Britain.
The definition chosen by KoljiVriVoda or Jetpunk is "land surrounded by water that is smaller than Australia" - obviously not a perfect definition but as good as it can get for a site like this.
the island is britain. the uk is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. uk isnt a right answer
I pulled that one out of my butt.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/108464/five-biggest-islands-by-country
For example, the most common convention in English is that North and South America are different continents, but this isn't universal and it's less common in other languages (where it's often considered a single continent).
It's not that important which convention (among common ones) Jetpunk chooses, but since it would be tremendously annoying to have to guess separately for every quiz, it is important that it's consistent.
For many, if Australia is a continent (or the primary continental landmass of Oceania) and an island, it doesn't make sense that Antarctica, Eurasia (or Afro-eurasia), or America aren't also islands; and the term island ceases to have its common meaning, or is arbitrarily defined. It doesn't make it "right," but it's not wrong, either.
There are five continents: Africa, Antarctica, Eurasia (a megacontinent), North America and South America. Eurasia sports two subcontinental peninsulas: South Asia and Europe. Australia is a dwarf continent; and also the primary landmass of the continentoidal region of Oceania.
So, I would advocate that Australia is neither a continent nor an island. Geographical neither fish nor fowl, it doesn't matter one whit what category you put it in.
What about Australia?
also shouldn't the title be world's largest islands rather than largest world's islands? don't quite understand what the current one means
No mention of which continent Cyprus is in though!